A graduate dormitory proposal
Progam
A graduate dormitory housing proposal for Pratt Institute. The programmatic organization lays its logic in a fractal social network we call pooling. Six Units are arranged around a large communal space, where a kitchen and lounge areas are located. The units contain no kitchens and small living rooms so the social activity is pushed to the directly adjacent communal space. These six unit blocks are then arranged adjacent to each other and connected through an exterior stair network. This way users can have direct access to other community spaces without the use of the stair tower. Pooling becomes the social theme, users pool from bedrooms to living rooms to communal spaces to exterior public space.
Skin
The skin, a formal-performative study acts as the public-environmental membrane of the building. Vertical (horizontal on the tower) louvers shield users to southwest sunlight but adjust throughout to differentiate light penetration and connectivity to the exterior. A space between floor slab and skin becomes inhabitable at some points with the use of box windows which penetrate through the skin and become additional interior space.
With Sasha Grishina, Lawrence Blough Critic, Pratt Institute
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January 19, 2009 at 8:52 am
I think you are thinking like sukrat, but I think you should cover the other side of the topic in the post too…